Guam deserves better than litter, graffiti

Dec. 10, 2012

Shimizu

Written by

Naoko Shimizu
For Pacific Daily News

It's easy to see as one drives along our streets and highways that Guam needs more care.

Residents have grown accustomed to unsightly things in the form of cigarette butts on medians, bottles and beer cans on the shoulder of roads, and utility infrastructure riddled with graffiti. Often we become desensitized to these blights, but they are nonetheless unacceptable.

We deserve better. Every day, many individuals and business people that love our home do what they can to preserve and enhance the island's natural beauty. They are the reason the Islandwide Beautification Task Force initiated ...